Child Foster Care Licensing

Foster Care for Children

Unfortunately, some situations of neglect or abuse call for the child or children to be removed from the home. The county agency will then work to find that child a temporary home with a foster family and, in some cases, a permanent home with an adopted family.

Become A Foster Parent

Contact Joanna Petersen at (507) 304-4167 for more information on becoming a foster parent.

Foster parenting is a commitment to help a child and family through a specifically difficult period by providing consideration, understanding, and guidance to the child.

Foster parents may refuse a particular placement if they feel the placement is inappropriate for them or for meeting the specific needs of the child.

Foster parents do receive some financial support – a monthly reimbursement to cover basic room, board, and clothing expenses plus coverage for medical and dental expenses. Foster parents are not paid for their services.

Foster parents may be able to adopt a child in care; however, the goal of foster care is to return the child or youth to his or her family as soon as possible. Any consideration of adoption is after all comprehensive efforts at returning the child home or to relatives are exhausted. Specific policies regarding foster parents as an adoptive resource are available from your child placement agency.